Health Care

St. Jude Medical Inc on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against short-selling firm Muddy Waters and cyber security company MedSec Holdings Ltd, saying they intentionally disseminated false information about its heart devices to manipulate its stock.

Chinese-owned Volvo Cars and Sweden-based automotive safety group Autoliv say they are creating a jointly-owned company to develop autonomous driving software for Volvo cars.

New York's attorney general says his office is investigating Mylan Pharmaceuticals, which has been criticized for steep price increases for its emergency allergy treatment EpiPen.

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG says it's increasing its bid for American seed company Monsanto Co.

Whether it's the pleasant greeting when you slide into the driver's seat or a loud, annoying beep that warns you of an imminent crash, there's science behind the noises that your car makes.

Older drivers may soon be traveling a safer road thanks to smarter cars that can detect oncoming traffic, steer clear of trouble and even hit the brakes when a collision appears imminent.

Samsung will issue a global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as soon as this weekend after its investigation on explosion claims found batteries were at fault, according to South Korea's Yonhap News.

A line of toys that can break into small pieces hazardous to children are being recalled this week.

Health officials are trying to determine why there's been a dramatic increase in the number of people in Texas each year who contract a food-borne illness that's often linked to produce imported from Mexico and other warmer climes.

IBM says it will continue to aggressively invest in growth areas, despite suffering sixteen straight quarters of declining revenue.

Novo Nordisk says its CEO, Lars Rebien Soerensen, is stepping down at the end of the year after 16 years in charge at the Danish drug maker.

New rankings from the insurance industry show that the Audi Q7, Lexus RX and Toyota Prius have the easiest-to-use anchors for child seats.

Today the CEO of department store Big Lots announced a $50 million donation to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, one of America's leading pediatric hospitals.

Obamacare Architect Ezekiel Emanuel spoke out in defense of the Affordable Care Act as concerns mount over the future of President Obama’s health-care reform law.

Theranos Inc. withdrew its request for emergency clearance of a Zika-virus blood test after federal regulators found that the company didn't include proper patient safeguards in a study of the new test, said people familiar with the matter.